On March 16, at the UN, the Committee for Development and Policy (CDP) in its First Triennial Assessment meeting cleared Bangladesh's eligibility for graduation to a developing country. After our independence in 1971, what could be more glorious than this announcement, since Bangladesh was once despised by Henry Kissinger as a “bottomless basket." Now, this is the moment of truth, rejoice and

A special court of Rangpur sentenced seven members of the banned Islamist outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh to death yesterday for killing Khadem Rahmat Ali in Rangpur's Kaunia upazila on November 10, 2015. They were also fined Tk 20,000 each.

An Australian swimming club is appealing for ocean watchers to find their giant yellow inflatable duck Daphne, after the mascot was blown into the Indian Ocean with reported sightings hundreds of kilometres from where it was launched.

Dhaka moves down by 10 places to rank 72nd in the list of the most expensive cities across the world according to the Worldwide Cost of Living 2018 index report published by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).

Australia and its ASEAN neighbours vows to boost defence ties while stressing the importance of non-militarisation in the disputed South China Sea at a summit where the "complex" Rohingya crisis took centre stage.